#229C9F#229C9F

#229C9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.100 H 197.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229C9F
RGB	rgb(34, 156, 159)
HSL	hsl(181, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(181, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 1.9%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.62, -30.29, -10.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.62, 32.17, 199.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.19% -0.0956 -0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(63.19% 0.1 197.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.8033, 26.6179, 36.9409)
Luminance	0.2662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229C9F #9F2522

analogous

#229F63 #229C9F #225D9F

triadic

#229C9F #9F229C #9C9F22

tetradic

#229C9F #63229F #9F2522 #5D9F22

square

#229C9F #63229F #9F2522 #5D9F22

split-complementary

#229C9F #9F225D #9F6322

monochromatic

#0C393A #176B6D #229C9F #2DCDD1 #5FDADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#229C9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#229C9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229C9F

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229C9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229C9F	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91949F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F88A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229c9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 156, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.100 197.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b9bb',
    500: '#229c9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229c9f;
$custom-light: #75b9bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229c9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.44,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63185,
    "c": 0.10024,
    "h": 197.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229C9F

secondary

#C15E5B

accent

#4440E8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #229C9F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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